--- loncom/homework/externalresponse.pm	2014/12/22 17:04:03	1.32
+++ loncom/homework/externalresponse.pm	2017/05/23 03:07:34	1.33
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # The LearningOnline Network with CAPA
 # external style responses
 #
-# $Id: externalresponse.pm,v 1.32 2014/12/22 17:04:03 raeburn Exp $
+# $Id: externalresponse.pm,v 1.33 2017/05/23 03:07:34 raeburn Exp $
 #
 # Copyright Michigan State University Board of Trustees
 #
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ use Apache::loncommon;
 use Apache::lonnavmaps;
 use Apache::essayresponse;
 use LONCAPA qw(:DEFAULT :match);
+use LONCAPA::LWPReq;
 
 BEGIN {
     &Apache::lonxml::register('Apache::externalresponse',('externalresponse'));
@@ -264,8 +265,14 @@ sub end_externalresponse {
                 my $uname = &Apache::lonnet::EXT('user.name');
                 my $symb = &Apache::lonnet::symbread();
                 my %record = &Apache::lonnet::restore($symb,$env{'request.course.id'},$udom,$uname);
-		my $ua = LWP::UserAgent->new;
-		my $res = $ua->request(POST $url, \%form);
+                my $request=new HTTP::Request('POST',$url);
+                $request->content(join('&',map {
+                                  my $name = escape($_);
+                                  "$name=" . ( ref($form{$_}) eq 'ARRAY'
+                                  ? join("&$name=", map {escape($_) } @{$form{$_}})
+                                  : &escape($form{$_}) );
+                                  } keys(%form)));
+                my $res = &LONCAPA::LWPReq::makerequest('',$request,'','',10,1);
                 my @delaccess = keys(%currently_turned_in);
                 &Apache::lonnet::automated_portfile_access('ip',undef,\@delaccess,\%info);
                 my @submitted_portfiles = split(/,/,$Apache::lonhomework::results{"resource.$part.$id.portfiles"});